Poultry-nest.



No. 896,258. PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908.

v S. WELCH.

POULTRY NEST.

APPLICATION HLED MAB.24,1908.

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SIMEoN WELCH, or MERKEL, TEXAS.

POULTRY-NEST.

To all whomy it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMEON WELCH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Merkel, in the county of Taylor and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Poultry Nest, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a nest box for poultry the object of which isto provide -a strong, simple structure containing compartments for nestsin which hens may lay their eggs. These compartments or nests areseparated by a transverse passage-way there being openings from saidpassage-way into the compartments. There is also provided means foropen-ing the compartments to remove the eggs and easily and thoroughlyclean the nests from dirt and vermin.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter describedand claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which- Figure1 is a perspective view of the structure open for the removal of eggs orcleaning and Fig. 2 a vertical cross sectional view of the same on theline 2 2." Fig. 3 is a erspective view of a modied construction ilustrating a connected series of nests..

Similar reference numerals are used for like parts in all figures.

In the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates the nest box as a whole andcomprises an elongated rectangular structure with a fiat bot-A tom orfloor 2, vertical front and back walls 3 and 4 respectively, andvertical end walls 5 which are made higher at a point preferably infront of the center, from which point the upper edges of the ends slopedownward to the front and rear edges for sup orting the roof of thestructure. The rear s ope of the roof is made of a board or boards 6immovably secured to the nest box, to which is hinged at the eak of theroof, a door 7 that, when closed, orms the front slope.

Within the structure are placed transverse partitions 8 dividing theinterior into three compartments, a central passageway 9 and a widernest box 10 on each side of the passageway. Openings 11 are made in therear of each partition for the fowls to pass into and out of the nests.The nest box 1 is supported above the ground by corner legs 12 ofSpecication of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 24, 1908.

l Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

s'eriai No. 422,958.

any length which preferably project into the.

box and extend nearly to the roof, thereby giving the structure greaterstrengthas the sides of the box are nailed to them. A step 13 projectsin front of the passage-way for the convenience of the hens entering thenests. The door 7 is held closed by any'suitable fastening, a hook 14and eye 15 is represented in the drawing, but a lock may be appliedwhere there is danger of the nests being robbed. Ventilation is securedby holes 16 bored in the front, back and ends of the box. The door 7 iskept closed except at such times as is necessary to remove the eggs andto clean out the nests.

It is to be noted that the nest box as described although complete initself, may

rear walls, the floor and the roof endwise and place therein partitionssimilar to those described. It is preferred however to make the unitsseparate as they are more easily handled and can, in many cases, bedisposed to better advantage than a large structure containing manynests.

Having described my invention what T claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is: v

1. A nest box comprising a roofed structure having a part of its roofhinged to form a door, and transverse partitions therein having openingsthrough the rear edges thereof, said partitions dividing the nest boxinto a central passage-way and two nests communicating with saidpassage-way through the openings in said partitions.

2. A nest box comprising a roofed structure containing a straighttransverse passage-way and a nest on each side, partitions separatingthe passage-way from said nests and having openings therein at the rearto form entrances to said nests, and a door forming a part of the roofthroughwhich access may be had to said nests.

3. Anest box comprising a rectangular boxlike structure the front, rearand end walls having Ventilating holes therethrough, a two part roofsaid parts sloping in opposite directions, one of said parts being fixedand the other part hinged thereto, transverse partitions within saidnest box dividing the same l into passage-ways and nests, each passage.

way communicating with a, nest on either side through an opening in therear of said partitions, and supporting legs at the corners 5 of thenest vbox extending thereinto and downwardly below the bottom thereof.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

SIMEON WELCH.

Witnesses:

J. E. PAYLOR, J. M. WILLIAMS.

